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BRITS are to be hit by Storm Ciaran chaos with four days of warnings as rescuers search for a man swept out to sea. The man, who has now been missing for nearly 20 hours, was last seen diving into the choppy waters off a jetty at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, around 4pm on Sunday. It's understood […]

Map reveals when rain is set to batter Britain today with yellow weather warnings in place as Storm Ciaran brings two inches of rain and gusts of up to 90mph – just one week after Storm Babet ravaged UK Storm Ciaran will hit southern England and Wales on Wednesday and Thursday Met Office weather warnings […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. You haven’t truly experienced Melbourne until you’ve had an unsavoury experience with a public transport ticket inspector. Known as authorised officers, they’re a part of the fabric of the city, patrolling the network to ensure you pay the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Female soldier who was raped by Army sergeant after late night party reveals how nightmare ordeal left her feeling suicidal and slams bosses for ‘never treating her as a victim’ after attack in her room EXCLUSIVE: Sgt Michael Ball’s victim says she was left suicidal after the attack A woman soldier who was raped by […]

Portuguese police travel to the UK to apologise to the McCanns over their treatment during hunt for missing toddler – as detectives say paedophile Christian Brueckner is their prime suspect and Madeleine died in Portugal Portuguese police have apologised to Madeleine McCann’s parents over their investigation into the missing toddler’s case.  The three-year-old disappeared during […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For 34 hours, the vast majority of the more than 2 million Palestinians who live in Gaza had no way to reach the outside world, or one another. They had no way to know whether their loved ones […]

So is there a ghost sign near YOU? Public asked to help build map of fading adverts around the country promoting everything from bicycles to long-dead trades Historic England has called on the public to send in images of ‘ghost’ signs From Hartills bike shop to Field and SonSaddlers, generations ago they were proud British […]

An immature idealist or a shameless fraudster and conman? TOM LEONARD on socially awkward Silicon Valley whizz kid Sam Bankman-Fried who is on trial in New York in one of the biggest fraud cases in US history Sam Bankman-Fried is at the heart of one of the biggest fraud cases in US history  His net […]

Man, 49, dies after ‘setting himself on fire’ outside Merseyside McDonald’s in tragedy cops say is not being treated as suspicious Man, 49, who ‘set himself on fire’ outside McDonald’s in Walton, Liverpool dies A man has died after he ‘set himself on fire’ outside a McDonald’s in Merseyside as police have said the tragic incident […]

Hezbollah rockets force thousands to flee their homes near the Lebanese border… And if a second front opens, no one is quite sure Israel would be victorious, RICHARD PENDLEBURY reports Up on the ridgeline, fresh fingers of smoke rise against the brilliant blue sky. One in particular swells and grows, the flames at its base […]